KANSAS ESTHETICS BOARD CORE MAIN ANSWERS
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Band lashes - ✔✔Also known as strip lashes; eyelash hairs on a strip that are
applied with adhesive to the natural lash line.
✔✔Blush - ✔✔Makeup that gives the face a natural-looking glow and helps create facial
balance
✔✔Brow comb - ✔✔A tool used to brush eyebrow hairs into the desired position,
creating a finely groomed look; in addition to the comb itself, many brow combs have a
brush on one side
✔✔Makeup brush - ✔✔Used for applying and blending powder, blush and eyeshadows
as they work
✔✔Cake Makeup - ✔✔Also known as pancake makeup; a heat-coverage makeup
pressed into a compact and applied to the face with a moistened cosmetic sponge
✔✔Complementary color - ✔✔Primary and secondary colors opposite one another on
the color wheel
✔✔Concealer - ✔✔Cosmetics used to cover blemishes and discoloration
✔✔Cool colors - ✔✔Colors with a blue undertone that suggest coolness and are
dominated by blues, greens, violets, and blue-reds
✔✔Contouring - ✔✔Refers to makeup colors that are darker shades used to define the
cheekbones and make features appear smaller
✔✔Eye tabbing - ✔✔Procedures in which individual synthetic eyelashes are attached
directly to a client's own lashes at their base.
, ✔✔Foundation - ✔✔Also known as base makeup; a tinted cosmetic used to cover or
even out skin tone and coloring of the skin
✔✔Greasepaint - ✔✔Heavy makeup used for theatrical purposes
✔✔Highlighter - ✔✔Makeup that is lighter than the skin color; accentuate and bring out
features such as the brow bone under the eyebrow, the temples, the chin, and the
cheekbones
✔✔Hue - ✔✔any color in its purest form, lacking any black or white
✔✔Natural color - ✔✔Colors that do not complement or contrast any other color
✔✔Primary colors - ✔✔Red, yellow, blue
✔✔Primer - ✔✔Liquids or silicone-based formulas designed to go underneath
foundation and other products to prepare the skin for makeup and to help keep the
product on the skin
✔✔Saturation - ✔✔Purity of color
✔✔Secondary colors - ✔✔Colors obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors
ex. Orange, purple and green
✔✔Shade - ✔✔Refers to degree of saturation; occurs when black is added to a pure
hue
✔✔Tab Lashes - ✔✔Small clusters of three or four artificial eyelashes on one point of
attachment
✔✔Tertiary colors - ✔✔Intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary colors ex
and its neighboring primary color on the wheel in equal amounts
✔✔Tint - ✔✔Refers to degree of saturation; occurs when white is added to a pure hue
✔✔Undertone - ✔✔Also known as contributing pigment, is the warm or cool tone seen
within the predominant hair color
✔✔Warm colors - ✔✔The range of colors with yellow undertones; from yellow and gold
through oranges, red-oranges, most reds, and even some yellow-greens
✔✔Water Based - ✔✔Refers to oil-free products; water-based foundations generally
give a more matte finish and help conceal minor blemishes and discolorations
AND QUESTIONS SET A+
✔✔Band lashes - ✔✔Also known as strip lashes; eyelash hairs on a strip that are
applied with adhesive to the natural lash line.
✔✔Blush - ✔✔Makeup that gives the face a natural-looking glow and helps create facial
balance
✔✔Brow comb - ✔✔A tool used to brush eyebrow hairs into the desired position,
creating a finely groomed look; in addition to the comb itself, many brow combs have a
brush on one side
✔✔Makeup brush - ✔✔Used for applying and blending powder, blush and eyeshadows
as they work
✔✔Cake Makeup - ✔✔Also known as pancake makeup; a heat-coverage makeup
pressed into a compact and applied to the face with a moistened cosmetic sponge
✔✔Complementary color - ✔✔Primary and secondary colors opposite one another on
the color wheel
✔✔Concealer - ✔✔Cosmetics used to cover blemishes and discoloration
✔✔Cool colors - ✔✔Colors with a blue undertone that suggest coolness and are
dominated by blues, greens, violets, and blue-reds
✔✔Contouring - ✔✔Refers to makeup colors that are darker shades used to define the
cheekbones and make features appear smaller
✔✔Eye tabbing - ✔✔Procedures in which individual synthetic eyelashes are attached
directly to a client's own lashes at their base.
, ✔✔Foundation - ✔✔Also known as base makeup; a tinted cosmetic used to cover or
even out skin tone and coloring of the skin
✔✔Greasepaint - ✔✔Heavy makeup used for theatrical purposes
✔✔Highlighter - ✔✔Makeup that is lighter than the skin color; accentuate and bring out
features such as the brow bone under the eyebrow, the temples, the chin, and the
cheekbones
✔✔Hue - ✔✔any color in its purest form, lacking any black or white
✔✔Natural color - ✔✔Colors that do not complement or contrast any other color
✔✔Primary colors - ✔✔Red, yellow, blue
✔✔Primer - ✔✔Liquids or silicone-based formulas designed to go underneath
foundation and other products to prepare the skin for makeup and to help keep the
product on the skin
✔✔Saturation - ✔✔Purity of color
✔✔Secondary colors - ✔✔Colors obtained by mixing equal parts of two primary colors
ex. Orange, purple and green
✔✔Shade - ✔✔Refers to degree of saturation; occurs when black is added to a pure
hue
✔✔Tab Lashes - ✔✔Small clusters of three or four artificial eyelashes on one point of
attachment
✔✔Tertiary colors - ✔✔Intermediate color achieved by mixing a secondary colors ex
and its neighboring primary color on the wheel in equal amounts
✔✔Tint - ✔✔Refers to degree of saturation; occurs when white is added to a pure hue
✔✔Undertone - ✔✔Also known as contributing pigment, is the warm or cool tone seen
within the predominant hair color
✔✔Warm colors - ✔✔The range of colors with yellow undertones; from yellow and gold
through oranges, red-oranges, most reds, and even some yellow-greens
✔✔Water Based - ✔✔Refers to oil-free products; water-based foundations generally
give a more matte finish and help conceal minor blemishes and discolorations
